Command List (ls)

Tip: For a list of particularly interesting Yubnub commands, check out Yubnub Golden Eggs. Also see the Most-Used Commands.

Tip: You can search the descriptions by typing "ls [word or phrase]". For example, to search for all commands about music, type "ls music".

fail
A great little comic about high school life.
114 uses - Created 2005-06-21 20:07:16 - Last used 2020-01-10 13:40:29 - Nominate - Description - http://fail.keenspace.com

a3
Goes directly to the A3:The Awakening website.
48 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:59:35 - Last used 2021-02-12 20:12:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.alienaa.com

euro
Searches the text of the European Constitiution for the given text on the site talkeuro.com
626 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:57:58 - Last used 2025-10-05 21:40:56 - Nominate - Description - http://talkeuro.com/cgi-bin/euro/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=%s

txd

90 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:32:54 - Last used 2023-03-22 04:02:00 - Nominate - Description - http://forum.textdrive.com/search.php?action=search&keywords=%s

less (Golden Egg)
Like the less command for GNU/Linux and other *nix variants. Shows the straight source code for any file on the Internet. Example: less yubnub.org
732 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:32:50 - Last used 2025-06-11 08:43:14 - Description - http://jnwd.co.uk/less.php?q=%s

xe (Golden Egg)
Performs a currency conversion. Usage: xe -amount <amount> -from <currency1> -to <currency2> e.g. xe -amount 100 -from USD -to EUR All of the currency 3 letter abbreviations can be found at: http://www.xe.com/iso4217.htm
70549 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:29:59 - Last used 2026-01-16 00:30:35 - Description - http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Amount=${amount}&From=${from}&To=${to}

fok
Temp. Search Engine Fok!Forum
30 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:27:48 - Last used 2024-08-23 10:30:08 - Nominate - Description - google.fok.nl

tick
Ticketmaster.com Website
23 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:20:45 - Last used 2024-01-08 19:44:00 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ticketmaster.com

newegg
Search the Newegg.com Website. Example: newegg ipod
4178 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:20:16 - Last used 2025-12-30 18:14:03 - Nominate - Description - http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=%s&x=0&y=0

rd
Take me to RyanDaigle.com!
262 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:18:26 - Last used 2025-07-15 19:34:55 - Nominate - Description - http://ryandaigle.com/pebble/

merc
Search the leading natural healthcare site - mercola.com
25 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:15:21 - Last used 2024-03-01 09:52:09 - Nominate - Description - http://www.google.com/search?query=%s&as_sitesearch=mercola.com

nin
Official Nine Inch Nails Website
51 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:13:53 - Last used 2018-06-07 11:26:50 - Nominate - Description - http://www.nin.com/

rsa
Republic of South Africa search. Searches for South African websites using the South Africa-only search engine "Funnel".
154 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:12:29 - Last used 2025-06-27 13:40:19 - Nominate - Description - http://www.funnel.co.za/funnel.php?q=%s

manSQL
Standard query for MySQL.com Manual. ---------- Old implementation: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/search.php?q=%s&lang=en
15 uses - Created 2005-06-21 19:07:04 - Last used 2011-11-23 13:41:22 - Nominate - Description - https://www.google.com/search?q=%s+site%3Adev.mysql.com&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky

las
Takes you to Local Area Security website (http://localareasecurity.com)
242 uses - Created 2005-06-21 18:51:40 - Last used 2025-11-03 04:49:57 - Nominate - Description - http://localareasecurity.com

cocklefighting (Golden Egg)
A command to login directly into cocklefighting from a command. Usage: cocklefighting -u username -p password cocklefighting is a game where you have cockles and they fight. your cockle will get better and better as it fights and the idea is to be the number 1 cockle in the game! "Strangely alluring" - Internet Magazine, September 2001
133 uses - Created 2005-06-21 18:44:29 - Last used 2008-05-14 09:42:24 - Description - http://www.cocklefighting.co.uk/default.aspx?form=login&LoginName=${u}&password=${p}

aolmail
Takes you to your AOL or AIM mail.
459 uses - Created 2005-06-21 18:35:39 - Last used 2017-06-15 10:21:32 - Nominate - Description - http://webmail.aol.com

sci
Shoutcast Info, check the last numbers from a shoutcast server of your choice. See what your favorite station is currently playing, how many listeners, and more!
133 uses - Created 2005-06-21 18:30:49 - Last used 2025-08-08 09:27:17 - Nominate - Description - http://www.autopodcaster.com/scstats.php?info=%s

octranspo
Enter any Ottawa Bus Route (OCTranspo Route number) ie. octranspo 91
43 uses - Created 2005-06-21 18:10:09 - Last used 2012-05-07 02:50:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.octranspo.com/Timetables_DB/Current_TT/main.asp?route=%s&wday=wke&dir=0

firmware
Looking for firmware? Use this to search the net's largest driver/firmware site, DriverGuide.com.
130 uses - Created 2005-06-21 18:02:17 - Last used 2020-01-22 06:44:17 - Nominate - Description - http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=yn&q=%s

bgp
Level 3 Looking Glass from Cleveland site. e.g. bgp 10.1.1.1
68 uses - Created 2005-06-21 17:59:13 - Last used 2025-05-28 13:01:00 - Nominate - Description - http://lg.level3.net/bgp/bgp.cgi?site=cle1&target=%s

driver
Looking for a driver? This will search the net's largest driver/firmware resource, DriverGuide.com.
426 uses - Created 2005-06-21 17:58:03 - Last used 2025-06-17 20:37:03 - Nominate - Description - http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=yn&q=%s

uscdn
Currency conversion from USD to CDN using Yahoo conversion.
15 uses - Created 2005-06-21 17:47:50 - Last used 2006-12-20 16:42:07 - Nominate - Description - http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?amt=%s&from=USD&to=CAD&submit=Convert

lin
Search in http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pascal.grouselle/
112 uses - Created 2005-06-21 17:27:58 - Last used 2025-10-08 08:21:06 - Nominate - Description - http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=

teo
Standard search for Teoma.com ---------- Old implementation: http://s.teoma.com/search?q=%s&qcat=1&qsrc=0&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=Search
404 uses - Created 2005-06-21 17:08:06 - Last used 2022-04-03 15:40:53 - Nominate - Description - http://s.teoma.com/web?q=%s

app
Searches Application Notes as compiled by GlobalSpec.
733 uses - Created 2005-06-21 17:02:48 - Last used 2026-01-01 13:21:05 - Nominate - Description - http://search.globalspec.com/Search/?show=appnotes&frmtrk=appnotepetal&userQuery=%s&query=%s&extra=%s&x=%s0&y=%s0[use %20 for spaces]

stand
Searches Engineering Standards, such as ASTM, NEMA, etc., from GlobalSpec.
168 uses - Created 2005-06-21 17:00:06 - Last used 2025-09-17 00:40:34 - Nominate - Description - http://search.globalspec.com/Search/?show=standards&frmtrk=standardpetal&userQuery=%s&query=%s&doc=%s&org=%s&x=%s0&y=%s0[use %20 for spaces]

tits
gets pretty pictures of boobs
558 uses - Created 2005-06-21 16:51:23 - Last used 2025-12-24 21:18:12 - Nominate - Description - http://images.google.com/images?q=tits

eng
Searches GlobalSpec's Engineering Web. The Engineering Web makes it faster and easier for you to research topics, products, and services by limiting your search to technical and engineering-related Web sites.
238 uses - Created 2005-06-21 16:51:01 - Last used 2025-08-01 11:05:24 - Nominate - Description - http://search.globalspec.com/Search?query=%s&show=total&frmtrk=topnav[use %20 for spaces]

k2

30 uses - Created 2005-06-21 16:42:01 - Last used 2022-10-17 09:05:34 - Nominate - Description - http://www.k2.com

snopes
Searches the Urban Legends reference pages at snopes
2530 uses - Created 2005-06-21 16:31:16 - Last used 2026-01-13 11:53:36 - Nominate - Description - http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=%s&sp-a=00062d45-sp00000000&sp-advanced=1&sp-p=all&sp-w-control=1&sp-w=alike&sp-date-range=-1&sp-x=any&sp-c=100&sp-m=1&sp-s=0

spec
Perform SpecSearch on GlobalSpec. Find and compare products from more than 14,000 online catalogs.
71 uses - Created 2005-06-21 16:30:33 - Last used 2022-09-30 07:00:32 - Nominate - Description - http://www.globalspec.com/ProductFinder/FindProducts?query=%s&frmtrk=topnav

bofa
Go To The Bank Of America Website
181 uses - Created 2005-06-21 16:19:08 - Last used 2023-08-16 11:00:36 - Nominate - Description - www.bofa.com

4chan
Takes you to 4chan.org. If you don't know what 4chan is, I would advise against using this command (NSFW)
2302 uses - Created 2005-06-21 16:01:20 - Last used 2025-12-03 14:15:49 - Nominate - Description - http://4chan.org

plz
To find a specific Zip Code (PLZ in German) in Germany. Example: plz 10117
214 uses - Created 2005-06-21 16:00:40 - Last used 2024-12-27 08:44:45 - Nominate - Description - http://www.stadtplandienst.de/map.asp?sid=bd6fbc9f2021817f2fc5f04bd7026ab3&start.x=5&plz=%s&city=&str=&Abschicken=GO

abi
Page des zukünftigen Abi-Jahrgangs 2008 GHO Overbach-Germany by Bergmann
32 uses - Created 2005-06-21 15:48:09 - Last used 2021-02-07 15:29:22 - Nominate - Description - http://www.abi-2008.com

ta

248 uses - Created 2005-06-21 15:42:26 - Last used 2021-12-08 11:25:32 - Nominate - Description - tootella.org

yshop
Yahoo shopping search, sorted by lowest price.
308 uses - Created 2005-06-21 15:37:28 - Last used 2014-08-20 03:25:03 - Nominate - Description - http://shopping.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=?p=%s&sp=pall&X=2

gn
Google News (copied from gnews)
55268 uses - Created 2005-06-21 15:31:44 - Last used 2026-01-15 09:53:32 - Nominate - Description - http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=%s&scoring=d

rnews
Reuters News Search Searches for news articles on Reuters.com.
18 uses - Created 2005-06-21 15:27:07 - Last used 2017-01-13 13:13:07 - Nominate - Description - http://go.reuters.com/newsSearchResultsHome.jhtml?query=%s&qtype=a

nvi
An image search on the Korean search engine Naver.
128 uses - Created 2005-06-21 15:17:26 - Last used 2021-08-08 14:04:31 - Nominate - Description - http://imagesearch.naver.com/search.naver?where=image&query=%s&hw=1

mzk
Search catalogue of the Moravian Library in Brno, Czech Republic
59 uses - Created 2005-06-21 15:16:05 - Last used 2012-04-21 09:43:54 - Nominate - Description - http://aleph.mzk.cz/F?func=find-b&request=%s&find_code=WRD&adjacent=Y

ntv
Haber sitesi ntvmsnbc, yazmasý çok zor oluyordu! þimdi yubnub iþe yarýyor.
23 uses - Created 2005-06-21 15:03:16 - Last used 2017-12-25 06:19:25 - Nominate - Description - http://www.ntvmsnbnc.com

tdr
Teder mail
16 uses - Created 2005-06-21 14:58:34 - Last used 2024-11-07 09:37:10 - Nominate - Description - http://mail.teder.com.tr

nv
this is a command for a Korean search engine Naver. Just type in "nv searchquery" for whatever you want. Unfortunately, due to encoding, Korean words don't seem to work yet.
15569 uses - Created 2005-06-21 14:53:35 - Last used 2024-09-01 13:48:33 - Nominate - Description - http://search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%s&x=0&y=0&frm=t1

ym
yahoo mail
27285 uses - Created 2005-06-21 14:40:44 - Last used 2026-01-16 04:44:13 - Nominate - Description - http://mail.yahoo.com

ens

61 uses - Created 2005-06-21 14:26:12 - Last used 2024-06-13 17:25:39 - Nominate - Description - http://members.easynews.com/global4/search.html?gps=&u=1&sbj=%s&fil=&fex=&from=&ns=&d1=&d1t=&d2=&d2t=&b1=&b1t=&b2=&b2t=&fty%5B%5D=AUDIO&pby=1000&pno=1&sS=0&s1=nsubject&s1d=%2B&s2=nrfile&s2d=%2B&s3=dsize&s3d=%2B

wdtm
To search the "What Does That Mean?" wiki, a free lexicon of English idioms, words, and catch phrases from around the world.
14 uses - Created 2005-06-21 14:11:02 - Last used 2010-07-08 20:30:06 - Nominate - Description - http://www.whatdoesthatmean.com/index.php/Special:Search?search=%s

ebook

127 uses - Created 2005-06-21 13:53:48 - Last used 2022-03-02 09:58:46 - Nominate - Description - http://www.romanzieri.com

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